It's not concern that makes her run after him that night.

It's not compassion that puts her between him and his prey.

It's not anger that makes her eyes blaze red in the hungry fires he's set, nor is it pity that compels her to insist on guarding him when there is no one left to.

It's not mercy that moves her to teach him how to survive, how to ( Read more... )

20 Deaths

(1)
He never knew what happened, not when it happened, nor after it happened.

But all the same, as they take the mechanical ventilators away, his final breath is not for his parents, or his dependents, or the will sitting silently in the filing cabinet of a man whose name he cannot recall-

But for the children he never knew.

(2)
She knew it ( Read more... )

 

Challenge: Write a fic or draw a picture- be it short or long, small or large, iconic or monolithic, bit or epic- about each of the 28 words below.
Time Limit: Valentine's Day, 2008
Prize: Go out and treat yourself to a lovely dinner. Having a date is a plus but optional.
-----

The 28 Flavors of Love
1. presence*

2. leisure*

3. crew*

4. ( Read more... )